html5 placeholder fallback

gistfile1.js

// jQuery code
var i = document.createElement("input");
 
// Only bind if placeholder isn't natively supported by the browser
if (!("placeholder" in i)) {
    $("input[placeholder]").each(function () {
        var self = $(this);
        self.val(self.attr("placeholder")).bind({
            focus: function () {
                if (self.val() === self.attr("placeholder")) {
                    self.val("");
                }
            },
            blur: function () {
                var label = self.attr("placeholder");
                if (label && self.val() === "") {
                    self.val(label);
                }
            }
        });
    });
}
 
<!-- html5 -->
<input type="text" name="search" placeholder="Search" value="">